Welcome to the RPM Record Club Seven Day Soundtrack, week ending Friday 17th May 2024. The morning after the night before edition...yes, the Irish tunes session in the Three Legged Mare was particularly good last night!!!!! Sorry for the lateness, early birds...over to...

Jean -

"Here are my picks."

Piers -

"Wotcha. As usual last weeks tracks were fabulous, but it took me a while to get around to tuning in as my friend John and I played a couple of fringe events at the Cromer Folk on the Pier Festival last weekend. (This year the official management banned the use of the term 'Folk Off The Pier' which after so many years use I thought a bit weird) But... because we knew that we would be there rain or shine Jayne and I treated ourselves and stayed over; B&B and avocado sandwiches, at the Clifftonville Hotel! (I know not quite the same as putting a tent up At Folk in A Field but it's the thought that counts). The hotel was where we played one of our gigs, in the Henry Blogg Bar.  As I was playing, it occurred to me that dear Henry Blogg probably never went in the Clifftonville, unless the Towns folk booked a room for the presentation of one of his many medals. But anyway,  as a result I considered posting some of the originals of tracks that we played this week; Love Minus Zero - No Limit, etc. but realised that I did that last week... ho hum! Well, as well as being a festival week with dozens of acts, including the finally imploding wonder that was 'Show of Hands', we managed to take in a Singaround at Blakeney Harbour Rooms, the Handsome Family in Norwich on Wednesday and The Jewel in the Crown Session (with a spotlight session from Chad Mason) that I host on Thursday. So what I have chosen are some of the melodies that really stood out..."

"On Sunday I woke with the dawn light streaming through the hotel window and watched as the sun rose over Cromer Pier which sat in a perfectly calm twinkly sea and the tune in my head was..."

"Which also fitted nicely with a track that I heard for the first time this week. I know nothing about the artist Ahmad Naufal Fuad F... These days with such a low profile he could be an A1 Bot I guess,  and although he does have a facebook profile, perhaps 'they' have now learned to recognise the traffic lights? (what a horrifying thought)."

"And this track by The Golden Gate Quartet has been on constant repeat for a couple of days...I first heard it on Radio London (then a local radio station) on Charlie Gillett's show Honky Tonk  (a huge influence on my musical taste ).  I've been entranced by it for at least 45years and am surprised that I haven't ever posted it before."

John -

"Hi RPMers. Hope you are well. Here are my three for this week."

Jayne -

"So, this week entailed Cromer Folk Festival Fringe over the weekend, two play around sessions in north Norfolk, and the Handsome Family at Norwich Arts Centre. I’ve chosen a recent track from the Handsome Family performed by them on Tuesday plus one from their impressive support Frontier Ruckus, and a track heard a couple of times performed by one of our friends, Perce’s musical collaborator John, with good wishes to the RPM collective."

Nina -

"Hi folks. Hope you're all well + enjoying some lovely sunny weather over East.

Here's my 3..."

David -

"Warmer greetings to all RPMers and congratulations to the Tractor Boys and those who support them on their achievement. In other news, it's good to see the resurrection of Bloodshot Records so here are 3 from them. Old and new."

Philip -

"Even I, as a true blue son of Suffolk, found it difficult to switch from singing "Leeds are falling apart again" to "Marching on Together," I mean it's LEEDS for goodness sake.

In the light of this morning's news, however, perhaps that lot up the road should appoint Paul Cook. (You will let me know if I seem to be enjoying this too much won't you?).

OK, I'll stop it now. Here are three numbers from three recent highly enjoyable albums."

Kevin -

"Hi there. I read a report which said that last Saturday's Eurovision Song Contest had a motto 'United by Music'. How appropriate, I thought, for this RPM community. 

As evidence of which - and writing as a lifelong Norwich City supporter and season ticket holder -  I hereby congratulate Philip's beloved Ipswich Town on their automatic promotion to the Premier League.

By the time you're reading this, we'll know whether or not the Canaries have made it through to the playoff final at Wembley. I suspect not. But for clubs like ours, it's a case of careful what you wish for, given the inequalities which make it so hard to survive in the top tier. Good luck, Philip!

That's the sports bulletin over. Now for the music... "

Tim -

"I've listened to a few things recently which struck me as being musical cousins....here they are, newest first."

'Til Next Time -